Nine Reasons the NFL Sucks (3206 hits)
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Submitted by Tom Sorrell (BuckeyesTHEGAME) (View user info) at 2004-11-15 20:23:28 EST
First off, if you don't like football, then why did you even click on this; simply to tell everyone that you think football sucks? Wow, you're really
proving something. What are you proving? You're proving you're an arrogant jackass who thinks the world gives a damn about your opinion... sort of like
what I'm doing by posting this.
(My hypocrisy knows no bounds.)
Regardless, I am a football fanatic. I mean, really. Look at my freaking screen name. Even it has something to do with football. To me, football is the greatest sport ever invented. That said, the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE is doing everything in their power to tick off their fans. Why? Because they don't care about you. It's true. They just don't care. Need proof? I have it.
Without further hoopla, I present to you the Nine reasons the NFL sucks.
1. Black outs
I live in Ohio. Ohio State is currently 6-4 on the season; however, I have watched every single one of their games on television. Meanwhile, when the Bengals play at home and don't sell out, the game is blacked out in my area. This means one of two things: either I see no game (and instead watch infomercials) or I see the Browns. Each of these is equally painful and makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a sharpened pencil.
So far this season, the Bengals have played nine games. I have seen four. FOUR! Meanwhile, people who live in Los Angeles have yet to see a Charger home game because the wonderful NFL blacks the out in the LA area. Why? Only God and the suits at NFL Headquarters know.
2. Game Scheduling
Hypothetical situation: You're sitting in your house outside of Cleveland getting ready to watch football. Your local team, the Browns, are 5-9 on the season. They're playing a meaningless game in Miami versus the 3-11 Dolphins. At the same time, the Patriots (12-2) and Colts (12-2) are playing a game that will basically lock up home field advantage in the playoffs. You turn on your television expecting to see the important game, but sorry, pal, you live in Cleveland and the NFL is obligated to show the Browns in your area.
Two hours and forty-five minutes later, the Browns are ahead of the Dolphins 31-14 with seven minutes remaining in the game. Meanwhile the Colts and Patriots are locked in an epic struggle, and the score is tied at seventeen with three minutes left. Does the NFL switch you over to that game? Nope. The only way you'll see that game is during highlights on NFL Primetime at 7:30.
Why does the NFL do this to their fans? It's simple: MONEY. The NFL wants you to buy their Sunday Ticket package. If you do this, you can see all the games... or can you?
3. The Direct TV Monopoly
In order to enjoy NFL Sunday ticket, you have to pay $170.00, but there's one more catch. You have to subscribe to DirecTV, a satellite service. In other words, if you live in an apartment complex, you're not getting it. If you live in an area surrounded by trees, you're not getting it.
For those "lucky" enough to get DirecTV, go ahead and buy the package and stare at the screen in wonder as the NFL STILL BLACKS OUT YOUR LOCAL TEAM if they didn't sell out. That's right, even though you spent over one hundred and fifty dollars, you still don't get to see your local team unless every ticket is sold.
4. Commercials, commercials, commercials
How many times have you seen this scenario? Team A has the ball at Team B's nine yard line. It's first and goal with seven seconds left in the third quarter. Team A comes out in a shotgun formation and Team B calls a timeout to get the appropriate personnel on the field and the NFL takes a commercial break.
Back from commercial, Team A runs the ball up the middle and is stopped at Team B's five yard line. The quarter ends and the NFL takes a commercial break.
After the teams change sides, Team A scores on a fantastic roll out pass by the quarterback with 14:56 remaining in the fourth quarter. Team A kicks the extra point and the NFL takes a commercial break.
When they finally get back to the game, Team A kicks off to Team B who returns the ball to their own 24 yard line. After the play, the NFL takes a commercial break.
Then, when they FINALLY return from the final commercial, the announcers tell you to make sure you watch the "new hit show" on *insert network here*.
Now let's do the math here. For eleven seconds of actual game time, you've had to sit through approximately twelve minutes of commercials. Why do they do this? Like I mentioned earlier, the NFL doesn't care about you. The only thing that matters to them is the bottom line.
5. Rivalries? What rivalries?
Remember the times when rivalries back meant something? Not only did the fans from each city hate each other, but the players did too. The Cowboys/Redskins, Browns/Steelers, and Chiefs/Raiders games were epic battles where you could throw the records out, roll up your sleeves, and dig in for the fight of your life against your sworn enemy.
Today, the fans still feel the same, but the players don't care as much as they should. But is it really their fault? In this era of free agency, teams rarely stay together for more than a year or two. With so many new faces on each team every year, the rivalries just don't mean as much as they used to.
6. As if the fans care.
Ok, you'll always have fans like the people who populate the Dawg Pound in Cleveland or the Black Hole in Oakland. The crazies will always be there. However, with the price of a ticket to an NFL game rising every year, the NFL is losing those fans and replacing them with boring yuppies who sit on their hands and only go to games because it's the "in" thing. These are the people who wear khaki pants and sweaters to games, sit in their seats sipping their five dollar lattes, and don't understand why the "jerk" in the jersey keeps standing up and yelling.
If I want to sit next to Nash and Buffy and hear them tell comedic anecdotes about tennis, I'll drive down to my local country club. But at an NFL game, I want to sit next to people who yell when the opposing team is backed up inside their five yard line. I want to sit next to people who understand why I scream at Carson Palmer for staring down his receivers. I want to sit next to people who care about the game, not what their portfolio is doing.
7. Free Agency = Boring League
Ok, when I was younger, I HATED the Cowboys. From 1992 to 1994, they played the 49ers in the playoffs, and each year they won. When San Francisco finally beat them in 1995, it actually meant something. It was like the entire city of San Francisco breathed a collective sigh of relief. The Dallas monkey was finally off their backs.
Say what you want about the Colts/Patriots, but the Colts are not beating them in January unless Tom Brady is injured. It's just not happening. It's not the same.
How many times in the past five years has a Super Bowl team finished the next season without making the playoffs? Think back to 2002. The Raiders and Buc's met in the Super Bowl, and both teams finished poorly the next season. Atlanta, New York, Baltimore... the list goes on.
8. Is this football or ballet?
If I had to pick one pre-1980s picture from the NFL, the choice is simple: Chuck Bednarik standing over an unconscious Frank Gifford.
If I had to pick one video clip from the between 1980-1990, it would be the Chicago Bears doing the Super Bowl shuffle.
If I had to pick one mental image from the post-1990 NFL, it would be an NFL player signing a check to cover a fine for "unnecessary roughness" as Paul Tagliabue shook his bony finger at him.
9. When exactly did this turn into a dance contest?
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but when I turn my television to Fox, ESPN, ABC, or CBS for an NFL game, I want to see 22 people on a grass field playing football. If I wanted to see people dance, I'd turn on Soul Train.
Hooray, Ray Lewis! You made a tackle; way to go champ! I mean, it's SUCH a big deal that you tackled another player that you deserve to get up and shake your ass like a drunk sophomore at a high school prom! Never mind the fact that you're getting paid millions of dollars and tackling people is your job. Dance for the cameras!!
Hey, Terrell Owens! Way to catch a pass for a first down! After that routine catch, you deserve to get up and flap your arms like a retarded, 'roided out bird. Who cares that it's the fourth quarter and that's the first catch you've made all game long? You have done you job; way to go!
Now I can see getting excited after a big play or a touchdown, but my God, show some restraint on the routine plays. If I went into my job and acted the way many of these players act, I'd be fired on the spot.
"YEA!! I FAXED THREE PIECES OF PAPER TO A CLIENT AND IT WENT THROUGH WITH NO ERRORS!! WOOOOO!!!"
How about you do your job, do it well, shut the hell up, and act like a professional rather than a mentally retarded kid hopped up on PCP?
The NFL was really something once, but now it's just not the same.
User Reviews
Submitted by bush_for_god (user info) at 2005-08-31 22:10:51 EDT (#)
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How many kids are you going to have? I will bear 6.
Submitted by BillsSBChamps (user info) at 2005-01-06 21:26:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Huber_the_Nose (user info) at 2005-01-04 05:28:07 (#)
Ranking: -1
......you really dont have much clue how things work do you? I read the first reason and thought " gee this guy is pretty clueless". I read the second reason and thought "gee this guy is pretty clueless". Then I read the third reason and thought "gee this guy is pretty clueless". See the pattern?
1. Guess what champion....its not the NFL not showing your local teams game, its the NETWORK. If infomercials are on instead of football, its the NETWORK. The NFL broadcasts every game, if your Network doesnt show it, then move to a better city.
2. Once again, the NFL doesnt decide which games to show, the network does. And for those of us who live in areas with shitty teams, it means we get to watch our shit team play another shit team while a better game is on. Oh well, thats how the networks do it.
3. OK, I take it you've never had Direct TV or NFL sunday ticket. Sunday Ticket show every game. Period. No exceptions. Even if you're shitty local network affiliate is blacking out the game, it will be on on sunday ticket.
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Is this guy fucking serious? THE NFL WILL NOT SHOW A GAME WITHIN A 100 MILE FUCKING RADIUS OF THE HOME STADIUM UNLESS IT SELLS OUT!
Also if it is blacked out it won'r be shown on the Sunday Ticket. I should know the Bills didn't sell out one game this year and I listened to everyone complain about it. Then like a good fan I went.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-01-06 21:20:00 EST (#)
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It was a disappointing year for both our clubs Tom, but can we at least take solace in the fact that we played the most entertaining game of the season?
Submitted by Huber_the_Nose (user info) at 2005-01-04 05:28:07 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
......you really dont have much clue how things work do you? I read the first reason and thought " gee this guy is pretty clueless". I read the second reason and thought "gee this guy is pretty clueless". Then I read the third reason and thought "gee this guy is pretty clueless". See the pattern?
1. Guess what champion....its not the NFL not showing your local teams game, its the NETWORK. If infomercials are on instead of football, its the NETWORK. The NFL broadcasts every game, if your Network doesnt show it, then move to a better city.
2. Once again, the NFL doesnt decide which games to show, the network does. And for those of us who live in areas with shitty teams, it means we get to watch our shit team play another shit team while a better game is on. Oh well, thats how the networks do it.
3. OK, I take it you've never had Direct TV or NFL sunday ticket. Sunday Ticket show every game. Period. No exceptions. Even if you're shitty local network affiliate is blacking out the game, it will be on on sunday ticket.
4. Now I obviously agree there are a lot of commercials, but do you really want to watch the coach discuss things with his players during a timeout? Do you really want to watch the players walk around from one side of the field to the other after the quarter ends? Do you really want to watch the players walk from the endzone to the sidelines and then line up for the kickoff after a extra point? Probably not. These are all good opportunities for the networks showing the game to make revenue, so they can keep showing the games for free.
The next 4 points are you're opinion, so there is no point in arguing about it. I think there are still some good rivalries. As far as free agency goes I think its awesome. Do you seriously like watching the same teams play for 7-8 years till they're stars get old? I like free agency, it mixes the league up, and you get to see new guys on new teams.
reason 9 is actually the only reason you have that works. Its true they dance too much. A tackle for a two yard loss now warrants a 5 second dance celebration. Shit, a tackle for a 5 yard gain sometimes does too apparently.
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2004-12-19 03:47:45 EST (#)
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sucks
Submitted by keebler (user info) at 2004-12-18 18:47:19 EST (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/54675
Submitted by kai070169 (user info) at 2004-12-18 18:33:25 EST (#)
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That's nothing - do a google search for "wheelchair weed" and my post from last month comes up FIRST! WOO HOO!
Have a +2 ya rockstar, please forget about us when you make the bigtime!
Submitted by SkinDiver (user info) at 2004-12-18 14:16:19 EST (#)
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Yeah, try being a hockey fan. Damn NHL and players union.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2004-12-18 13:58:04 EST (#)
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Reason number 10: SPACE ROBOTS FROM MARS!
Submitted by big_wigger (user info) at 2004-11-17 19:49:05 EST (#)
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i like to watch NFL highlights on sports center, but a whole game? no freaking way, just like you said way too many commercials and the cheerleaders wear underwear...heartless bitches
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2004-11-17 19:13:11 EST (#)
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I liked this, even as a Brit.
I used to watch and follow your "football" yaers ago, whwn we only had edited highlights with Mick Luckhurst, who I believe used to be a kicker for the Atlanta Falcons.
My team was always the Houston Oilers, when Jerry Glanville was coaching, but then they dissapeared.
Watch "Baseketball" for details as I can't remember.
-Davros
Submitted by Tigre (user info) at 2004-11-17 18:59:23 EST (#)
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Genecologist.
Submitted by tinactin (user info) at 2004-11-17 18:58:20 EST (#)
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I've found myself complaining about many of these same things. Fortunately I live in LA, and dont have to worry about the sellout rule. Unfortunately I'm stuck watching Chargers games because LA is considered a "secondary market". They're fucking 150 miles away!
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2004-11-17 18:49:17 EST (#)
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"How about you do your job, do it well, shut the hell up, and act like a professional rather than a mentally retarded kid hopped up on PCP?"
OK, +2 for that thought alone.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-17 16:52:19 EST (#)
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Utah vs. Auburn would be faaaaaaaantastic.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-17 16:40:21 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Reason number 10: I'm 1-10 my last 11 flat bets. Down a small fortune. This league stinks.
Submitted by hyprspacd (user info) at 2004-11-17 16:28:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
PS
The reason A&M almost beat Oklahoma, is because OU should be 3rd. Auburn is a MUCH better team than the Sooners.
Submitted by hyprspacd (user info) at 2004-11-17 16:26:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I would still rather see the Utes in the Libery Bowl vs. Louisville
The #1 offense vs the #2 offense. Imagine a 63-56 final score with well over 1500yds of total offense. Last team with the ball wins.
:D
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2004-11-17 16:04:07 EST (#)
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I'm so sick of the Browns' games it is fucking sickening. Yuppie scumbags in the stands holding eachother's penises. It's nothing but a fucking business, a business that's doing damn good. The management could care less if the Browns do good because sooo many people in this town love them despite how shitty they are. Management just takes advantage and hypes up the team while they fade into nothingness.
And fuck those damn commercials.
GO BUCKS!! Fuck Michigan!! I gotta work, but I hope we win....
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-16 16:46:22 EST (#)
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NCAA Football owns the NFL.
Utah deserves a BCS game. They absolutely DESTROYED Texas A&M earlier this year and the Aggies almost beat OU.
You wait and see, if they end up in a BCS game, they'll either win or the game will be very close.
Submitted by the_lone_stranger (user info) at 2004-11-16 14:55:00 EST (#)
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Great post.
THe NFL does indeed suck, along with the NBA, MLB, NHL and well, pretty much TV in general sucks ass.
Go outside and build a tree fort.
Submitted by IamNotTheWorldTradeCenter (user info) at 2004-11-16 14:46:50 EST (#)
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I can't argue your points. But compare the NFL to other sports.
College football, come on. BCS? Teams like Utah in the top 10? Auburn STILL #3? Don't get me started.
NBA, what the ghey? I LOVE basketball. I have all my life. But when you have Ron Artest wanting time off to promote his rap 'music' and the olympic team losing to Puerto Rico, well, you know what time it is. Time to admit the NBA sucks now.
NHL? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. sorry hockey fans.
MLB. The playoffs aren't long enough. The regular season is too long. And the salary disparities are ridiculous. The Devil Rays, who probably pay their players minimum wage, will never beat the Yankees, who aparently contracted Honda to build a fleet of super-human baseball cyborgs. That's stupid. At least the players haven't started putting out rap albums.
College basketball. The only problem with college basketball is all the decent high school players go straight to the NBA. But it's still probably the second best sports product.
So the NFL has managed to present a league full of competitive teams (the 'any given sunday' factor is in full effect), and a culture that still values skill over hype (at least compared to the NBA).
But I feel you. I'm a Chargers fan in the south. Despite them having the best offense in the league, I have to catch my highlights on the internet for the most part. Assholes.
Submitted by hyprspacd (user info) at 2004-11-16 14:34:40 EST (#)
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Im giving this post a +2 because blackouts suck.
I live in Houston, I am a Dallas fan. They show all of the Dallas games here, UNLESS Houston is playing at home at the same time. What friggin difference does that make?
On a side note:
I have to cheer on Michigan.
Texas is currently being screwed out of a BCS bowl because Utah is ranked 6th and being a "non-BCS conference" team in the top 6 they get an automatic BCS bowl.
I have to hope the Michigan steamrolls Ohio State in hope that they will leapfrog Utah and move into 6th and the Utes down to 7th.
Sorry.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2004-11-16 14:22:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The talent in the nfl makes it more exciting to watch too.
Submitted by sence (user info) at 2004-11-16 14:18:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Was well presented. But #9 on the list was the absolute best. I brought my table new drinks before their old drinks were empty(arm flapping booty shaking dance in the middle of the dining room and then I spike the water pitcher)
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2004-11-16 10:43:50 EST (#)
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Pro athletes are overpaid prima donnas. That's why I only watch college football.
Submitted by BillsSBChamps (user info) at 2004-11-16 10:10:00 EST (#)
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In Buffalo we have the lowest ticket prices so if some corporate assholes want to take clients to the game they have to deal with us being drunk as shit.
I also have Direct TV and it fucking rules.
Submitted by cleanfornow (user info) at 2004-11-16 09:31:14 EST (#)
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I admire your restraint.
How about the refs? They will ignore holding all game and then call it at a crucial time to insure a victory for the favorite or to keep a game from being a blowout.
For years the Cowboys got every crucial call their way.
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-11-16 08:52:09 EST (#)
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TRUTH, distilled and purified. You forgot to mention Raiders fans, another thing taking away from football. But the simple solution has evaded you: HOOTERS BITCH! Waitresses in tight shorts and every NFL game, EVERY ONE. Hot dog!
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-16 08:34:30 EST (#)
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Bart, I agree that football kicks ass... college football.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-11-16 08:13:05 EST (#)
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it's not football.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2004-11-16 07:54:39 EST (#)
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Yes, lets get football back to the game not the sideshow attractions.
Submitted by arcane (user info) at 2004-11-16 04:30:50 EST (#)
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I dont even like football but I can sympithize with huge corperations sucking the fun out of favorite pass times.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2004-11-16 01:24:59 EST (#)
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Tagliabue is the reason no Union States play host to the Super Bowl. Revolution!
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2004-11-16 00:48:41 EST (#)
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Football kicks ass. Ray Lewis may dance a lot, but he could also get snapped in half on any given work day.
Submitted by Lunch_Pail (user info) at 2004-11-16 00:42:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Good post- alot of good points. There are still some rivalries- holy shit you see the browns- steelers yesterday? It is rare now and that sucks. I thing tagliabe is a sissy hoe to say the least.
Dont forget about my beloved Panthers: 2-7 baby after the SB last year! LOL
I got Sunday Ticket and I love it! Ive waited 8 years to get it so I could watch the panthers- this is my second year having it.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2004-11-16 00:18:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-11-15 22:28:37 (#)
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The Badgers won't beat the Hawks.
Not at Kinnick.
17 in a row
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The Hawkeyes wont beat the Badgers anywhere after the Badgers got embarassed like they did at MSU. They're fighters.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2004-11-16 00:13:34 EST (#)
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Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2004-11-15 22:59:26 (#)
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I was about to -2 you for going against Michigan, but the sheer greatness of this post prevented it.
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what do you know, I copied the wrong message.
Submitted by MisterCeltic (user info) at 2004-11-16 00:02:33 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2004-11-15 23:27:30 EST (#)
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#10: Since the "real" Oakland Raiders lost their hard-on, Stabler, etc. (Kenny Stabler actually lives here in Orange Beach on Ono Island, I've talked to him a lot. He old but still big (tall) as hell. He grew up here playing for Foley High b4 going to Alabama. He got arrested last year for dui, good for him, keeping up the bad boy image. Damn I used to love that team.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2004-11-15 23:12:41 EST (#)
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Reasons why i disagree.
1.) At 6-4 you still have something to play for.
2.) There's no scheduling games against rice or akron.
3.) Institutions don't make millions of of players who risk everything when they are just trying to wait a few years so they can actually make money.
4.) They don't pretend as if their football players don't recieve special benefits and have ot take finals just like everyone else.
5.) If your team is bad your owner can always go out and buy some better players.
6.) There's no hipocrisy where there are humans against the computer system they put in place.
7.) no undeserving co-champions simply because the press thinks they are the champions. I mean should the press be able to get together and declare kerry co-president?
8.) Coaches aren't allowed to sit around forever when they are losing simply because they had success ten years ago.
9.) 1 bowl game worth something instead of 28 bowl games featuring 45 mediocre teams and 11 good ones.
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2004-11-15 22:59:26 EST (#)
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I was about to -2 you for going against Michigan, but the sheer greatness of this post prevented it.
Hail to the victors beyotch!
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-11-15 22:28:37 EST (#)
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The Badgers won't beat the Hawks.
Not at Kinnick.
17 in a row.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2004-11-15 22:12:50 EST (#)
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The Packers are everything that is right about professional football. Take a look at that entire list and just TRY to say it applies to the Packers. Packers-Bears means nothing? Packers deal too much with free agency (the McKenzie situation was the first big loss for the Packers since Vonnie Holliday...or, no wait, Antonio Freeman...Dorsey Levens...nevermind)? The Packers dont sell out? When somebody reaches star status in Wisconsin, he is a perpetual God. Brett Favre, Ray Allen, Mike Holmgren, Richie Sexson...we hold no grudges against those who've left.
Anyways, I hope Ohio State gives the Wolverines a good shalacking. The Badgers must go to Pasadena.
Submitted by wijormiclat (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:50:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:00:53 (#)
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I sympathize with you but....
1 reason the NFL rules: The Packers
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:47:43 EST (#)
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Oh, and Roethlisberger is from Findlay, Ohio (45 minutes from here) so I've heard about it all season. The kid is fantastic, though. He deserves every bit of hype he gets.
Did you know he didn't play quarterback until his senior year of high school? Before then he was a wide receiver (the coaches son was the starting QB) and apparently a pretty good one. He was also a kick-ass baseball player.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:45:30 EST (#)
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Yea, I saw the U of M / MSU game. That was painful to watch. Also, quite a few of the brokers I work with graduated from one of the two schools so the next day at work was fun. They've all been giving me crap for the last two weeks about how the Wolverines are going to kill the Buckeyes. It's cool, I love Michigan/Ohio State week.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:41:46 EST (#)
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i understand your pain...
but i'm thankful to have grown up 5 minutes from foxboro stadium, and been raised a huge pats fan.
i can't complain these days...
Submitted by Brianthetruthspeaker (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:21:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Brother I hear ya.
Pro ball is just ok.
Payton Manning is sonthing to watch
Also Ben Roethlisberger #7 is a stud.
However some times you do get a great game.
Did you catch Michigan VS Michigan State?
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:04:22 EST (#)
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How about, you're a fucking moron?
Submitted by Jerems (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:01:31 EST (#)
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how about i dont give a fuck how im typing
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2004-11-15 21:00:53 EST (#)
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I sympathize with you but....
1 reason the NFL rules: The Packers
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:59:11 EST (#)
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Jerems, when you learn to spell and type in a way that looks like actual words put together with proper punctuation to form a sentence, maybe I'll care what you think. Until then, fuck off, you ignorant fuck face.
Submitted by OneCheapGeek (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:58:52 EST (#)
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1. Black outs
I live in Ohio. Ohio State is currently 6-4 on the season; however, I have watched every single one of their games on television. Meanwhile, when the Bengals play at home and don't sell out, the game is blacked out in my area. This means one of two things: either I see no game (and instead watch infomercials) or I see the Browns. Each of these is equally painful and makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a sharpened pencil.
So far this season, the Bengals have played nine games. I have seen four. FOUR! Meanwhile, people who live in Los Angeles have yet to see a Charger home game because the wonderful NFL blacks the out in the LA area. Why? Only God and the suits at NFL Headquarters know.
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I live in Cincinnati and have seen 9 games this year. The last non-sellout in Cincinnati was the lat preseason game. Wherever you live, Cleveland must be your "home" team.
I agree on most of the rest of it though.
Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:51:52 EST (#)
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Blackouts really piss me off. Especially CFL blackouts. Seriously. It's the fucking CFL. And then people call the newspaper and bitch about the blackout like we can do something about stupid TSN showing an old Canadiens game rather than football.
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:51:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
NEG FUCKIN TWO, MUTHAFUCKA!!!! Nah, just kidding, this ruled. I am a slave to the system, however. I even got a Jets credit card at a preseason game last season because I was all into the hype. Actually I needed a dry t-shirt and ended up keeping the card. Bastids...
Submitted by Jerems (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:47:19 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
fucking pos monkeys running around tackling each other like animals is worth than that show where the japanese people run around and make a fool of themselves.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:45:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Wouldn't it be faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaantastic if they beat Meeeechigan and bumped them from a BCS bowl to the Capital One Bowl?
Why yes. Yes it would.
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:42:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No way i could give anything less than a 2 to a fellow Buckeye during Michigan week.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:38:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Well, their defensive coordinator (Mark Snyder) sucks. He doesn't know when to call a blitz and when to call a zone. I mean, against Kyle Orton, you DO NOT CALL ZONE PLAYS on third down because he will beat you every time. You have to blitz him and make him move around. Did they do that when he came in? Nope. They sat back in a zone and he picked them apart to score the winning touchdown.
Also, their tackling is atrocious and is almost as bad as the playcalling of Snyder.
On offense, they have no running game and Tressel looks lost running the offense. They have not run the same type of offense in consecutive games since they lost to Northwestern. When you're getting ready for the last game of the season, you can't be trying to put in a new offense.
And you're 100% correct. They suck, big time. Watching them is absolutely painful.
That said, GO BUCKS! BEAT MICHIGAN!!!
Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:37:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Everybody likes lists.
GO PATS WOO!
Submitted by Genko (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:35:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by ScoutCJustice (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:34:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The NFL does indeed suck. College Football still reigns supreme in the football world, but even it is getting worse and worse. I may be suffering from good-ole day syndrome, but really all the major sports are going downhill, some just started out crappier than others.
Submitted by FunnyAsCancer (user info) at 2004-11-15 20:29:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
So true, my friend, so true.
And GODDAMN, the Buckeyes suck this year. What the fuck happened?!?! They were in the top 10 at the beginning of the year, now they're unranked? And losing to Purdue? Double-You Tee Eff.